The basic rule of storytelling is 'show, don't tell.

My work is to know the characters intimately and to tell their story.

She knows that whispers can be useful. Sometimes they contain real information. But usually they're fairy tales and lies. This is the worst kind of whisper, the kind that draws you in, gives you hope.

Red Sox fans have been pushed to the brink over the years, but that's how faith grows stronger.

Our stories are what we have,” Our Good Mother says. “Our stories preserve us. we give them to one another. Our stories have value. Do you understand?

If men are paid/praised more than women for the same work than it always pays to allow the man to have more freedom to pour himself into his work - think of athletes, actors over the age of 28, lawyers, accountants, college deans.

I'm about to start something new. I'm waiting to be whelmed. The whelming as you start something new is quite something.